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Barcelona fans were delighted that he left and at Tottenham Hotspur they called him lazy, but Brazil's Paulinho is on a punishing run of matches that has earned him the nickname "Iron Man" in China. The international midfielder re-signed for Guangzhou Evergrande from Barcelona last month after Brazil's World Cup ended and was pressed immediately into action because, unlike in Europe, the Chinese season was midway through. Combining games for Barcelona, Brazil and now Guangzhou, the 30-year-old best known in China as "Violent Bird" -- a nod to how his name is pronounced in Chinese and his style of play -- has racked up 69 games in the past year and had no off-season. By comparison, fellow Brazilian international midfielder Renato Augusto at Chinese Super League (CSL) rivals Beijing Guoan has played less than 40 matches over the same period, according to the football data tracker transfermarkt.com. Both featured at the World Cup in Russia, but Paulinho played through the winter and … [Read more...] about What World Cup hangover? ‘Iron Man’ Paulinho ploughs on in China

Toby Alderweireld is ready to run down his Spurs contract if he is priced out of a move to Manchester United this summer. The Belgium World Cup defender remains available for transfer before next Thursday's 5pm transfer deadline. But Tottenham have so far refused to budge from a £75million valuation that has left United unwilling to do business. Alderweireld, 29, is keen to move to Old Trafford — to such an extent he is ready to snub a transfer elsewhere if he does not get it. His contract runs until 2019, but Tottenham have an option to extend it by a year. In doing so however, they will still be big losers. That's because triggering the extension would activate a release clause allowing him to leave for £25m during a two-week period at the end of next year’s summer window. Last season, the two parties failed to reach agreement over a new contract — Spurs were offering a £130,000 a week, but his representatives wanted £50,000 more. Tottenham … [Read more...] about Tottenham face Alderweireld dilemma with his heart set on Man United move

The 33-year-old actress and the 36-year-old actor - who play Black Widow and Captain America in the Marvel movies - were joined by Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man) and Chris Hemsworth (Thor) to get the Avengers symbol inked on their body alongside the number six. The inking marks them as the six original 'Avengers' - alongside Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk), who chose not to get inked - and is there to serve as a reminder of their 10 year stint with Marvel. Jeremy wrote on Instagram: "Well team, we did it...? Thank you @joshualord for sharing ink with us all @avengers much love #eastsideink #bondedforlife @robertdowneyjr @chrishemsworth #chrisevans #scarjo #loveUall. (sic)" The 47-year-old actor also shared a video of him getting a tattoo, captioning it: "Brave man to allow all the @avengers the opportunity to ink. @joshualord what a killer day @robertdowneyjr @chrishemsworth#scarjo #chrisevans #avengersunited#eastsideink #hidethenerves. (sic)" Chris took to Instagram to … [Read more...] about Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr. get matching tattoos

Lifestyle / Entertainment / Film by Press Association 07/05/2018, 11:10 pm FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Robert Downey Jr has revealed that five out of six of the original Avengers have got matching tattoos. The Iron Man star shared a video of himself being inked with the Avengers logo, as well as him preparing to tattoo the artist who worked on them. He told entertainment magazine Entertainment Weekly: “Five of the original six Avengers got a tattoo. “And the sixth was the tattoo artist, who gave it to five of us, the one who opted out being Mark Ruffalo. It was (Scarlett) Johansson’s idea, and she and (Chris) Evans did it in New York. “Then, their New York guy, Josh Lord, who is amazing, flew out to LA, he did me, did (Jeremy) Renner, and then we just bullied (Chris) Hemsworth into doing it, and he got it. “And each one of us drew a line on the artist with his own … [Read more...] about Robert Downey Jr reveals five of six Avengers have matching tattoos

A supreme athlete who has earned 450 medals competing in triathlons and marathons around the world has finally met his match. Iron man Mark Kleanthous is taking a leap of faith for charity, jumping 100 feet in a freefall named the ‘Goliath Challenge’ today (Saturday), but as he has a fear of heights the challenge is terrifying him.Mark, from Wing, said: “My good friend Gail has organised this event for Victim Support and asked me to do it. “I said ‘Yes’ without realising how high 100 feet is. 2I went to the site to check it out and was very surprised. “It’s like seven stacked double decker buses.“I am apprehensive and nervous, but she is a good friend of mine so I have to take the plunge. “To prepare myself I am visualising that I am not going to hurt myself, I am concentrating on relaxing my breathing and keeping my heart rate down, and focusing on the money to be raised for charity.”The Goliath Challenge will start at … [Read more...] about Iron man set to face greatest fear